This week we bring you “The Old Nurse’s Story” by Elizabeth Gaskell. Gaskell is best known for her social novels:…
Peattie and her husband were both journalists and wrote articles for the Chicago Tribune. They later moved to Omaha and…
Emile Zola is considered to be the most important representative of the literary school of Naturalism or Realism. In this…
This week we bring you “Head and Shoulders” by F. Scott Fitzgerald from the collection called “Flappers and Philosophers”. Some…
This story is based on a religious movement in the 1800s known as the Millerites. Millerite preachers came from the…
“The Yellow Wallpaper” is an important cornerstone of feminist literature. Gilman wrote the story to change public perception about the…
Although Lawrence was reviled as a crude and pornographic writer for much of the latter part of his life, Lawrence…
Yes! The same Barrie that wrote Peter Pan. After the huge success of Peter Pan, Barrie continued to write. But…
This week we rise up from the dark dredges of horror and gothic literature, into the light and “transcendental” work…
James is known as the originator of the “antiquarian ghost story”. His style of storytelling was known as Jamesian. One…